Mortgage rates moved up last week and reached the highest point since July 2024. Per the Freddie Mac report, the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.91% as of Jan. 2, 2025, up from ...

The mREIT industry gained momentum in early 2024, driven by optimism surrounding the Federal Reserve rate cuts. Per the Freddie Mac report, the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6. ...

Blackstone Mortgage's office-dominated loan book is poorly positioned for the current high interest rate environment. Read ...

Discover why Armour Residential REIT, Inc. is a compelling tactical opportunity with potential growth and income benefits in a rising mortgage ...

Mortgage REITs, on the other hand, buy stacks of paper. The mREIT business goes like this: Borrow money at short-term interest rates. Buy bundled-up packages of mortgages, aka securitized mortgages.

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

Nareit provides a searchable directory of REITs organized by: To show you how to choose the right REIT to invest in, I’m going to analyze several non-mREIT publicly traded REITs. In general ...

Seven Hills Realty Trust, an mREIT with a portfolio diversified across geographies and property types, is home to a ...

These metrics placed Dynex Capital in line with its Agency MREIT peer group, which had median values of 0.94 times book value and a 14.7% dividend yield. This alignment suggests that the market ...

Annaly Capital Management operates as an Agency MREIT, focusing primarily on investments in agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) guaranteed by government-sponsored enterprises. This business model ...

With a gradual decrease in mortgage rates, improving purchase originations and refinancing activities, mREIT companies will likely witness book value improvement in 2025 as spreads in the Agency ...